80s board games

Game review 100: Escape from Atlantis

A family-friendly dose of existential dread to distract us our surrounding dystopian vibes? Don't mind if I do…

Jan 16 • Andrew Brassleay

Ann Jones: vintage games exhibition offers 'direct route back to early memories'

The Cards or Die founder is displaying her retro board games collection as part of the Come as you Really Are exhibition in Barnsley

Jul 2, 2025 • Andrew Brassleay

Game review 65: Ker-Plunk

Pick sticks, avoid marbles. Sound about right?

May 20, 2024 • Andrew Brassleay

Game review 63: Super Cup Football

Back to the 80s for our soccer fix – a time of proper tackles, horrendous hooliganism, and top Tomy playthings

May 13, 2024 • Andrew Brassleay

Game review 62: Fishing Game

An old childhood classic: grab as many creepy, gasping plastic fish with nasty big pointy teeth from a battery-operated rotating board

May 10, 2024 • Andrew Brassleay

Game review 57: Raleigh Burner BMX Game

Heart-stopping action is not to be found in this retro tabletop adaptation, but there are thrills of a more mundane nature

Apr 19, 2024 • Andrew Brassleay

Game review 49: Ghost Castle

Spooky but simple ghostly goings-on with Milton Bradley's childhood nostalgia-fest board game

Mar 15, 2024 • Andrew Brassleay

Game review 47: Thomas the Tank Engine Game

A Waddingtons vintage roll-and-mover on a children's classic proves to be the physical manifestation of childhood memories

Mar 8, 2024 • Andrew Brassleay

Game review 45: Frogger

The coin-op classic got an analogue conversion. Does the board game adaptation stand the test of time?

Mar 1, 2024 • Andrew Brassleay

Game review 44: Hungry Hungry Hippos

Multi-ball fun with these chonky plastic mammals in the evergreen kids' board game

Feb 26, 2024 • Andrew Brassleay

Cash in the attic? Boardgame Bonnie on making a profit on a vintage collection

How to make a living trading older games and tips on how to find the ultimate 'holy grail' find

Feb 22, 2024 • Andrew Brassleay

Game review 42: Screwball Scramble

A frustrating few minutes of fun with this classic ball-bearing game

Feb 19, 2024 • Andrew Brassleay

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